Md. inheritance, estate taxes drive seniors away [Letter]

One particular reality that Maryland's confiscatory estate and inheritance taxes ignore is that seniors are mobile and are no longer tied to the state by employment ("Maryland in disequilibrium," Dec. 29). Thus, Maryland loses not only the estate taxes when seniors move, but the income and sales taxes as well. Talbot County has been hard hit by seniors changing their domicile to more tax-friendly locales, a trend that will continue until our lawmakers wake up.

On Friday afternoon, my neighbor reported a dead deer in front of his house to Baltimore County animal control. On Saturday night, the deer having not been picked up, I contacted them again. By Monday morning, the deer, being completely disgusting and mostly eaten by flies, vultures and foxes,...

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller told some reporters this week what most State House observers have long suspected — we should not expect some sweeping reduction in taxes during the upcoming legislative session. He also produced a spirited defense of the tax increases approved during Gov....

The commentary opposing the proposed tax breaks for corporate donations that help pay for private school tuition by Sara Love of the ACLU of Maryland strikes me as another example of how our new governor acts to ensure his re-election in four years by picking "winners" with his politically-motivated...

As usual Dan Rodricks gets it wrong. The Maryland tax structure is both progressive and fair ("Beyond race, building a movement for economic fairness," March 30). Let's look at two families A and B. Family A earns $60,000 and B $300,000. For 2014, excluding exemptions and deductions, A pays $2,800...

While I applaud the hard work on the state budget put in by House Appropriations Committee Chair Del. Maggie McIntosh and others, I am a little alarmed at their consistent kowtowing to the unions and their annual demands for increased funds despite reports of irresponsible spending.

Regarding your recent editorial criticizing Gov. Larry Hogan for submitting cuts in education funding, I am among the majority of Marylanders who favored Mr. Hogan in the last election because we supported his proposed budget cuts and call for fiscal responsibility and accountability ("Hogan, Busch...

I wonder where the rulers in the Maryland Senate and House of Delegates are going to get the money to fund what Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller described as the Democratic agenda ("Senate panel rewrites Hogan's charter school law," March 26)? I guess they will do what they do every year...